wagoneerguy
New member
Hi there, just found Expedition Portal the other day and this site is great, Me and my family (Wife and 4 kids) love exploring and take every chance we can to get out. That being said, I was just given a old 79' Yamaha YZ-400-F, it's a 2-stroke dirt bike. With a price of free I couldn't turn it away, and adventure biking has always been something I have been interested in but not really something you can do as a family of six. It needs quite a bit of work to get it running and usable. At a minimum I am going to clean it up, get it running and sell it, but I got to thinking about turning it into something I could take by itself or load it on the back of our suburban for some extra range when we go to the mountains. Obviously a 2-stroke is going to be more involved in taking on long distant trips, fuel is just going to take a few more steps, but is this is big deal, or am I overthinking it? Second, this bike is more of a dirt bike, and while I really like the idea of fixing up a vintage bike, am I just getting myself off on the wrong foot trying to use a bike like this? Thanks!